Minorities in the criminal justice system 2015, para. 72
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Judges should be equipped - through training, guidance and awareness-raising - to grasp possible explanations for behaviour that might otherwise appear uncooperative. For example, witnesses from certain indigenous or other minority communities might face cultural obstacles to confronting and condemning an accused from the community, particularly an elder or religious leader. Without this contextualization, a court might move swiftly to invoke contempt of court against a witness who refuses to answer in such circumstances, instead of seeking a means of resolving or of at least tackling the witness's culture-related dilemma.